While mainstream media hangs on every IPL auction as if it's relevant to kiwi cricket, Bevon Jacobs' dipped out of the IPL mixer at the same time as he flowed into career-best form across the formats and specifically T20 cricket.
Prior to the Northern Districts vs Southern Regions of Aotearoa game day at Bay Oval, there is a glorious vista of young kiwis performing at a high level in both Super Smash competitions.
The Alexandra chapter of Super Smash has finished with Otago winning three of their four games across the men's and women's competitions.
Super Smash is flowing like the Waimakariri and with games being played every day, we will focus on a few funky players who are shining with first update zoning in on Bevon Jacobs, Izzy Sharp, Cameron Paul and Xara Jetly.
The greatest T20 competition in the world starts on Boxing Day and as is the case every summer, the Super Smash will showcase New Zealand's best young cricketing talent.
The Blackcaps have wrapped up a Test series win vs West Indies after adding a Bay Oval victory to their win at the Basin Reserve and currently sit in their usual top-four spot on the World Test Championship ladder.
Plunket Shield takes a break over the festive period and after offering the five best Ford Trophy players from the first stanza, now it's time to dive into the best longform cricketers from the first four games.
Northern Districts, Otago and Wellington dominated the last HBJ Shield weekend series for the year with ND and Wellington perched at the top of the ladder.
Canterbury had a big win vs Auckland in a top of the table battle, Otago and Central Districts had a draw and Northern Districts were too slick for Wellington who went through the first stanza of Plunket Shield with four losses.
New Zealand has started the 2025/27 World Test Championship in their usual top-four spot after Blackcaps depth flourished for a Test win in Wellington vs West Indies.
All the home teams had a win in Plunket Shield's round three with Auckland winning in the big city, Central Districts winning in Napier and Northern Districts winning in Hamilton.
Auckland, Northern Districts and Central Districts have three wins from their first four games while Otago have four losses to start their season of HBJ Shield cricket.
Central Districts were the only winners in the second round of Plunket Shield with a win against Wellington who are at the bottom of the ladder. Auckland’s draw with Northern Districts puts them at the top of the table while Otago and Canterbury’s draw puts them in the top half of the ladder.
Blackcaps are about to start their Test series vs West Indies and that means it’s time to dive into lots of bits and bobs.
New Zealand's Blackcaps have maintained their ODI excellence with a series sweep of West Indies and now they wiggle into a Test series that will be the start of their World Test Championship campaign.
Auckland, Canterbury and Otago had wins to start the Plunket Shield with Auckland and Otago snaring away wins against Central Districts and Wellington.
Auckland and Central Districts started the women’s domestic cricket season with a couple of wins, while Northern Districts and Wellington shared their weekend series with a win each.
Ford Trophy takes a break as Plunket Shield swings around and with five games of one-day cricket in the scorebooks, it's a lovely spot to roll through the five best players from the opening stanza.
New Zealand's 3-1 T20 series win vs West Indies takes them to a 12-6 record this year as Jacob Duffy continues his legendary mahi in this format.
Canterbury are top of the Ford Trophy ladder after their win vs Central Districts and Auckland claimed the second spot after defeating Wellington, while Northern Districts vs Otago was washed out.